My endangered animal is the kakapo. The kakapo strigops habroptilus is the only flightless and nocturnal (most active at night) parrot. Its legs are very tiny. It has a long tail and it eats fruit and the kakapo is green. It is endangered because cats, dogs, ferrets, and rats eat kakapos.

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